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A Kingdom Full of Loathing

The Toot Oriole. A Spelunking Astronaut. The Naughty Sorceress.

These are just some of the insanely wacky characters you'll meet n the world of KoL, or The Kingdom of Loathing. It is a browser-based turn-based multi-player RPG designed and owned by Asymmetric Publications. The game was released to the public in February of 2003, and has amassed a player base composed of hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts.

The game consists of hand-drawn stick figure graphics matched with in-game literature that is characterized by surreal humor, parodies, word play, leet speak and references to pop culture. A player can choose to play as one of six different character classes, each with their own set of weapons, abilities, and weaknesses. Players run through the game fighting monsters and solving puzzles perpetually, or they can choose to ascend to a higher state of being and play the game again from the very beginning. Each ascension gives the players unique rewards with incrementally increasing values, which motivates some players to keep ascending.

I started playing this game in 2006, thanks to my good old buddy George. I stopped playing for a while, and just recently started again. My old characters have been wiped out from the data base of course, due to inactivity. In just a few years I see that the game developers have added new content to the game, making it a little more exciting.

I know it takes an acquired taste to appreciate this game, not to mention an above-average intellect and sense of humor, but that didn't stop me from playing. It's this kind of witty banter and utter lack of fancy animation that makes this game so curiously appealing to me.

And if you think that this is nothing more than just a simple browser game, think again. Check out the official fan site, and you'll see that there are hundreds of places to go and more monsters to fight than you could imagine. The game has literally created its very own universe. And then there are also those ultra-rare items that you simply got to have. I just don't like the fact that you only get 40 turns (adventures) everyday at rollover.

So if you're interested, check the game out here, and let's build a clan. The Adventurer is You!

Yeah, I know my taskbar looks sloppy.

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Crazy Powder

Posted in familia, humor mongering

Leave a 3-year old with some baby powder alone and this is what you might find. That's my neice Keia doing some re-decorating of her dad, my brother Mark's, room. She spread a cupful of powder on the floor. Mark was pissed, but the floor smelled great, even better than floor wax.

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Sleepy Tantrum

Posted in familia, humor mongering

My mom had to call me out of my room to show me my nephew Keifer's antics. He just got home from school, changed clothes and sat in front of the computer to play without taking his afternoon nap. Naturally, mom admonished the poor kid and practically dragged him to bed while he screamed "Ayoko pa matulog!" over and over again. His tantrums had him slumping to the floor beside the bed, still screaming. The photo shows how mom saw him again a few minutes later. He doesn't even know how hilarious he is!

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Storbo

Posted in familia, happy thoughts, humor mongering

Ang sarap ng tulog ko sa bus dahil trapik. May sumiksik sa tabi ko. Umusog naman ako. Umusog din ang walang-hiya. Hanggang sa ramdam kong nakaupo na siya sa tiyan ko. Sasapakin ko na sana nang makita kong si Bob pala to. Eto dalawa tuloy kaming stuck sa trapik. Sira na tulog ko muntik pa ko manapak. At nagkasya kami ni Bob sa 2-seater aisle ng PVP liner. Astig ng mobile blogging noh Bob?

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Bill Gates Died And Went To Hell

Posted in humor mongering

Okay before you gullible little carebears start searching Google for some truth to the title of this post, I just want to burst your bubbles. Bill Gates is alive, and this is just some rather elaborate yet still slightly funny joke I grabbed from Wacky's blog. Hey man, if you read this I hope you don't mind me snagging this from your site. If blog re-posting is a sin then crucify me. Which reminds me, happy Easter Sunday folks!

Oh yeah, the Bill Gates joke. Here it is!

Bill Gates Goes to Hell

Bill Gates dies in a car accident. He finds himself in Purgatory, being sized up by St. Peter.

“Well, Bill, I’m really confused on this call; I’m not sure whether to send you to Heaven or Hell. After all, you enormously helped society by putting a computer in almost every home in America, yet you also created that ghastly Windows ‘95. I’m going to do something I’ve never done before in your case; I’m going to let you decide where you want to go.”

Bill replied, “Well, what’s the difference between the two?”

St. Peter said, “I’m willing to let you visit both places briefly, if it will help your decision.”

“Fine, but where should I go first?”

“I’ll leave that up to you.”

“Okay then,” said Bill, “Let’s try Hell first.”

So Bill went to Hell. It was a beautiful, clean, sandy beach with clear waters and lots of bikini-clad women running around, playing in the water, laughing and frolicking about. The sun was shining; the temperature perfect.

He was very pleased.“This is great!” he told St. Peter. “If this is hell, I REALLY want to see heaven!”

“Fine,” said St. Peter, and off they went.

Heaven was a place high in the clouds, with angels drifting about, playing harps and singing. It was nice, but not as enticing as Hell. Bill thought for a quick minute, and rendered his decision.“Hmmm. I think I’d prefer Hell,” he told St. Peter.

“Fine,” retorted St. Peter, “as you desire.”

So Bill Gates went to Hell.

Two weeks later, St. Peter decided to check on the late billionaire to see how he was doing in Hell. When he got there, he found Bill, shackled to a wall, screaming amongst hot flames in a dark cave, being burned and tortured by demons.

“How’s everything going?” he asked Bill.

Bill responded, with his voice filled with anguish and disappointment,“This is awful! This is nothing like the Hell I visited two weeks ago! I can’t believe this is happening! What happened to that other place, with the beautiful beaches, the scantily-clad women playing in the water!?"

St. Peter replied, “That was a demo. A trial Version.”

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Makabagong Pila-balde.

Posted in humor mongering, mundaneity

Naaliw lang ako sa nadatnan kong pila sa igiban ng tubig sa opisina. Naglaro ang malikhain kong isip at nagawan ko ang eksenang ito ng kwento sa loob ng tatlong segundo. Ok fine I'm exaggerating. Pero ang mga nangyari...

Container 1: Pare, ang haba pala ng pila papuntang langit! Pero I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Container 2: Eh panong di hahaba ang pila eh may sumingit na trash bin sa unahan?

Trash Bin: Mga adik! Bakit ba kayo nagsasalita eh container lang kayo!?

Ang corny.

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Ano ba 'to?

Posted in humor mongering, mundaneity

I was on my way home when I noticed this ad sa likod ng upuan ng driver ng jeep. Mga 2 or 3 minutes ko rin to binasa nang paulit-ulit pero, d ko maisip kung anong produkto to! Hula ko eh ad ng local condoms to. Wala tlagang nkalagay kung anong klaseng product ang ina-advertise nila. Baka surprise.

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Convrse

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No that title wasn't a typo. Ganun talaga tatak ng luma kong sapatos. Hindi japeyks yan oi, yan ay orig na CONVRSE shoes! Talaga nga naman.

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Crazy Kids

Posted in familia, humor mongering

These are Keia and Keiffer, my crazy niece and nephew. They were 3 and 5 respectively in this photo.

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Cracker Head

Posted in familia, humor mongering

This is my nephew, Batsi.

I kept the original post titles during the merger, but I made some refinements with the post body, for stuff like fonts and alignment.

The original caption for this photo was "I still hear those voices in my head!".

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